19 Jul 1895
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Newspaper
Oak Park Vindicator
Location
Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1895
Page
1
An extended feature argues that women adopting cycling gain strength, grace, and morale. Dr Championniere asserts the bicycle is here to stay, shaping dress, movement, and social progress as women master balance, posture, and controlled effort while enjoying health benefits and new attire.
The Boston Women's Rescue League targets bicycles as a corrupting influence while Elizabeth Cady Stanton argues riding serves suffrage aims. The piece notes many women and doctors value cycling for health and enjoyment, countering the league's moral alarm and recalling fears about modern mobility.
In this fragmented clipping, writers joke about cycling habits and misreadings. The piece mocks misapplied terms on the road and celebrates simple rider wind tips. It notes a 90 year old woman taking to cycling, and mocks confusion around gear and language in early bike culture.
Dr Lucy Hall Brown cites a coed case showing domestic labor falls on women. Anna Shaw praises mixed work and schooling for men and women. Fashion advice urges healthful dress, modest lengths, and avoiding Nottingham lace. select drapery and color to reflect artistic instinct.
French chalk and chalk pencils serve as cleansing agents for various stains and dirt. Rub into grease spots on fabrics or walls, even food stains like molasses, then brush or scratch out. For best results rub on the chalk and hang the garment to cure overnight or longer before brushing clean and reusing.
Poetic meditation on rest from toil and fever, inviting retreat to nature and sacred quiet. It contrasts city squalor with tranquil landscape where the soul finds renewal and light after life’s long struggle. The verse hints at a voyage to a promised region beyond the sun.
In an ancient tale Barak Hageb, an ambassador turned vizier, defeats Sultan Sidi Achmed with the help of his 80 plus wives who disguise as warriors. The victory frees a realm and yields an extraordinary demand for women’s freedom across his new sultanate.
A pinbox is described as six small square boxes filled with curled hair. Cover them with a single shade of sill and fasten at the sides. Sew on Valance around the outside in the same silk and color. Allocate compartments for black pins, white pins, German colored pins, safety pins, hatpins, and stickpins.
A Buston Transcript note claims women’s horseback riding astride and bicycles will shape future fashion, noting safety improvements over the old days when long skirts trailed the ground. It references the Di Vernons as a past example and suggests progress in riding styles.
Chauncey M Depew Jr son of famed American orator Chauncey M Depew exhibits many similarities to his father at seventeen born July 7 1878 he travels to Europe each summer speaks French and German and studies classical languages and politics He attends a New York classical school plans Yale enrollment in two years and shows interest in horses and driving rather than sports while preparing for a public career in law and politics.
Northfield Massachusetts residents credit Dwight L. Moody with creating the new Northfield as home to the seminary for young ladies Mount Harmon school and annual summer conferences. The 2500 seat Northfield Auditorium hosts student conference June 28 to July and the two week women’s college conference starting July 20. The final general conference runs August 3 through August 15 attracting ministers and educators nationwide. Moody plans a 600 camper youth encampment in July and August in a vine and birch grove on the lower slope.
The camp opens July 0 and runs to Sept 3 with camping and bathing along the river. A special August conference for city town and railroad Young Men's Christian associations will run Aug 18 to 26. Bible study courses train leaders for local association classes and evening talks cover live topics by prominent speakers.
Mrs. M. Phelps Dawson author of the poem After the Fourth, praised for sudden inspiration and broad circulation during patriotic Fourth of July celebrations. The piece, written in a burst of minutes, became a popular read reprinted nationwide.
Professor Barnard, longtime California observatory astronomer, gains charge of the Yerkes Observatory in Chicago. Born Natville December 16, 1857, he rose from limited schooling to worldwide fame through self taught astronomy and key comet discoveries.
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